Filing device



XLMAQL Jian. 2, 1923.

w. s. Pnounfl.

FILING DEVICE.

msn mm1?, 1922.

4 SHEETS-SHEET 2,

W. S. PRUDFIT.

Jan. 2, 1923.

FILING DEVICE.

FILED 1AN.,12. 1922.

4 SHEETS-SHEET 3.

wmf/11% Brau dfa W. S. PRODFIT.

Jain. 2, 1923..

FILING DEVICE.

FILED :ANI 12, |922.

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FLENG- DEVCE.

application filed January i2, Serial No. 528,597.

and State ot Michigan, have invented nen Unei seiul niproveinents in lilinc' Devices,

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end view of of the door inenibers ot end vie W ot )resent invention relates to filing de- .ts and the like; and its object y tracted and which inay be securely held in This and any other objects hereinafter apture hereinafter particularly described in :cigare l is a side view of a liling device;

thereof;

he device in their bearings;

i'figure 3 is a transverse sectional view portion or trarne or the device;

il igure 9 is a. vertical sectional view of the Figure l0 is a view et one otthe parthe saine;

the device;

Figure 14 shows one of said end ineinipor illustration by the drawings and for de- ,li the iiioilowing is a specn Lhat is, such devices as are used to ii in orderly arrangement etters` decuis to provide an improved device ot that character which may be readily expanded and conany position to which it be thus contracted or expanded.

peering are attained by, and the invention linds preferable embodiment in, the structlie body et this specii'ication and illustrated by the accompanying drawings, in which igure 2 is an end view of the saine; Figure 3 is a top plan View of the trarne Figure et is a side view oia retaining bar 'te li ll' 'tl e il t Ll e ltit' t' ier i o c ing ie Journals or t ic pai Li ions o Figure 5 is a bottoni edge view of the saine;

oi the saine taken on line 6@ ot Figure 1i; Figure 7 is a top plan 'iew or a corner Figure 8 is a side view ot the saine; TT saine taken on line 99 or" Figure 8, and showing one of the partitions in place;

titions;

ignre ll is an edgewise or Figure l2 is a view of one nieinbers and one ot the end Figure i3 is :in edgewise or the saine; and

bers.

in the embodiment of the invention chosen tailed description in the body oit this speciication, niy tiling device has an expensible and contractible traine, designated generally l., comprising two parts connected by meinf 2, Il interrelatively slidable iii the de- Vlfices longitudinal direction. in the construction iilustrated there are two pairs oil such ineinbe one pair at one side ot the traine and the other pair at the iranieis opposite side. in the shown construction, one off these nieinbers E shaped in ross section, other ii slidahly .l i hereiny aspz i (lne et these inenibers, as 2, i.; secure as by rhe screws et at one end of the traine, the other nieniber i being secured asr by screws at the raiiieis opposite end. Each pair ci said members has a series .of roc -z bearings-6 in ineinber 2 and 7 in ineinber L15-the bearings G and if' registeriifig,` with each other in the normal interrelativc positions oi' said ineinbers shown in the views. When in such positions, the bearings G, Y at the sides of the device are adapted to removably receive rock journals 8 adjacent the bottoms ci the plates or leaves l0 which serve partitions in the device to separate the contents as desired, these partitions being` thus swing'able to various positions illustrated in Figure l.

rEhe nieinbers 2, 3, are held in siidable relation by ineans best seen in lEigiire 9, wherein the inenib'er 3 is carried by the channelled bai' 9 connected. to one end oi? the trarne and iii whose channel slides the bai lil connected to the other end of the traine and carrying the iiieinber 2. lt will be seen that when the rock journals 8 are in their registering,` bearings 6, 7, the traine is locked thereby against expansion or contraction.

Suitable nieans inay be provided Jor releasably holdin@ l', such means as illustrated being the retaining bars i5 carried by the trarne, i. e., at either end thereof. Tiese retaining bars as shown comprise two nienibers l?, 18 slidable relatively to each oti'ier, one oi: such niernbers, as i7, being lol-shaped in cross section,` has opposite sides between which the other member 'i8 slidably bears in the expanding," and contracting' movement oi the traine. rlhese members ot. said ref Vtainingl bar are removably carried by the the journals 8 in their bean' against the trainee end cross rods ing: and slidably bearing on the othery and one' of said members being connected to the frame at one end thereid2 and the other of said members being` connected to the .trame at its opposite end. eis shown;- tliese door members are thus connected by their pins or journals Q13 adapted to be inserted into the bearings @i T adjacent the rames ends respectively. lin the middle part of the Jira-me- `port the frame in its middle7 andresilient lect 8l, as of rubber to support the device.

'the invention icing intended to be pointed ont in the claims, is not to be `vlinfiited tov or details or construction ofthe particular embodiment thereof illustrated by .the drawings or hereinbefore shown or described. i f l l claim: j ll. lin a device ol' the char: cter described; a longitudinally eipansible and contractible iframe havingvmembers interrelatively slidable in the'devices longitudinal direction, each having roch bearings, said bearings olf one of said members registering with those or the other in certain slid positions oiI said members; partitions roclrable adjacent their bottoms in said bearings.

ln a device oi the character described; longitudinally expansible and contractible iframe having side -members interrelatively slida'ble in the devices longitudinal direction, each havin@ roch bearingsa said bearings of one of said members`registering` with those et the other in certain slid positions of said members; partitioi'is havingjournals acont their bottoms rockable in said bean ings; a longitudinally expansible and contractible retaining` bar carried by the :trame and adapted tobe moved into and out oi' a position wherein it overhangs the journals in their bearings to retain the same therein.

3. ln a device of the character described; a longitudinally expansible and contractible iframe having side members interrelatively slidable in the devices longitudinal direc-y tion, each having rock bearings, said bearings of one of said members registering with relie/ier those ci? the other in certain `slid positions f having join'nals `ble in said bean ngtvz'o n relatively iii( l I tirely adjacen theends olf the frame and ipted to be moved into and out oi" a position wherein tlcebar ewfrhanggs the journals in their beam Li, ln a dei a longitndinally i o t ,i i n the same therein.v er described;`

contractible iframe having mer oei;1 lvslid-y sblAV in tire device-s l l direction, each h ving; roel: bearings o''i Y ing with those oositions oi saidy Ly their one oi' said i of the other members p horrores in said l. rice ccmjirising a pair of interrel'atively dable members respectively connected.- to the frame adjacent its `opposite'ends. l

lin a device olf tl character described#`v a longitudinally expansible andcontractible trame ha rj members inter-relatively slidtici im you 1. r able in tire devicels longitudn'ial. direction,-

cach having rock bearinff, said bearings or'A one olf said members registering with lthose ol the other in fizcrtain slid positions o'l said members; a floor ttor the device comprising a pair ol inter-relatively slidable .in/embers'r respectively connected to the `trame adjacent its opposite ends; end members of the device piif'otally connected to the outeredges of the licors men bers. respectively'. i

a longitudinally expansible and contractible frame having; adjacent each oi its `sides al pair oi membersv interrelatively slidable `in the devices longitudinal direction, reach member having' roch bearings, said bearings olf-'one of said members registering with those of the other in certain slid positions oil' said members; partitions having` journals adjacent their bottoms rocll'ablein said bearings; a retaining bar ateach side olf the devicev comprising two members, one ofV which has a longitudinally extending bean ing slidably holding the other member',v thef barls said members being;` removably' atn tached tothe trame adjacent 1. s ends respectively and overhang' "the ournals in their bearings toretsin the same therein; a ilo-or for the device comprisingg' a pair of interreb atively slidable members respectively con-y nected to the iframe adjacent its ends.v i vlin testimony whereof l have hereunto set my hand at Grand lilapids, lidichigan, thisv 3rd day oit January, 1922. f

'Wimmer rnounrir., 1

s: floor tory the deo. in a device olf the characterr described; 

